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Lazav, the Multifarious

Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter MV 2

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What it does

When Lazav enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

X: Lazav becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.

Combos with Lazav, the Multifarious

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Rulings

6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2018-10-05

    Lazav copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics it specifically modifies. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.

  • 2018-10-05

    Because Lazav isn't entering the battlefield when it becomes a copy of a card, any "When this enters the battlefield" or "This enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied card won't apply.

  • 2018-10-05

    Any effects that applied to Lazav before it becomes a copy of another card will continue to apply once it's become a copy. The same is true of any counters that are on Lazav.

  • 2018-10-05

    If a card in your graveyard has X in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

  • 2018-10-05

    If the copied card has an ability that can be activated only once each turn, copying that card a second time will allow you to activate the new instance of that ability.

  • 2024-01-12

    You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Lazav, the Multifarious, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Dimir 1 deck

Every version of Lazav, the Multifarious

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Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.